Kingswood and Fishponds

18°CMist

• Today: 22° / 16° · 86% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:31

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

565 reported · July 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences184
• Shoplifting89
• Anti-social behaviour72
• Other theft37

Neighbourhood team: Hillfields · Avon And Somerset

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

841 reported road collisions (2024)

132 killed or seriously injured · 955 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 385 rated 4–5 ★ (326 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tidal River Avon at Bristol, Pill and Shirehampton

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Stapleton Road (2.8 km)
• 57 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£356,824 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across Bristol, City of · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,880 average monthly rent▲ 6.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,223
• 2 bed £1,541
• 3 bed £1,755

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (8.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (7.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (7.3 km)

36 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

140 charging locations within ~8 km

• 39 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Bristol Fishponds (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms5
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches43
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

472,464 residents in Bristol, City of · 4,308/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 70%
• 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 82 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,714 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (36% of 212,810)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

172 schools · 69,087 pupils

102 primary · 22 secondary · 48 other

Ofsted: 63 of 78 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

151inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bristol, City of

417 CQC-registered services

• Care homes92
• GP practices68
• Dentists105
• Homecare agencies95
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 98% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bristol, City of

• Not in the Green Belt
• 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

515 applications decided

86% granted · 443 granted, 72 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Damien Egan

Labour

Bristol North East

Source: UK Parliament

Green (minority)

• Lab 19
• Con 7
• LD 9
• Grn 34
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics10
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets11
• Parks & greens19
• Restaurants & cafés87

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

22,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£781 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,336 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 237,774 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Solar 31% · Wind 14% · Imports 4%

202 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 79.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.1 women · 60.1 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bristol North East:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership423 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership334 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s270 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test216 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance216 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Lodge Causeway · 0.3 km

  Lodge Causeway is an ancient passage through the former Royal Forest of Kingswood and now the main road between Fishponds and Kingswood in Bristol, England. The road is designated the B4048.

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  Fishponds railway station · 0.3 km

  Fishponds railway station was a station in Fishponds, Bristol, England, which was closed by Dr Beeching's cuts in the 1960s.

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  Hillfields, Bristol · 0.6 km

  Hillfields is an area and ward of north-east Bristol.

• Mayfield Park, Bristol · 0.7 km

  Mayfield Park is a residential area in East Bristol, with a large adjoining park known as the Ridgeway Rd Playing Fields.

• Fishponds · 0.7 km

  Fishponds is a suburb in the north-east of the English city of Bristol, about 3 miles (5 km) from the city centre. It is mainly residential, and housing is typically terraced Victorian. It has a small student populati…

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  Speedwell, Bristol · 0.7 km

  Speedwell is an area of east Bristol, Part of the Hillfields ward. It has a mixture of residential and industrial land.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)